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Jim Beach

Jim Beach

Born: 1942-03-09 • Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Henry James Beach (born March 9, 1942 in Gloucester) is the long-time manager of the British rock band Queen and its individual members. He was nicknamed "Miami" by the band members, a play on his surname. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer.

Beach is co-founder of Transistor Project, a digital pump put together with Blur's Dave Rowntree.

Beach lives in Montreux, Switzerland and is married to Claudia Beach, and has a daughter and a son, Ol Beach, who is the frontman for the band Yellowire and was formerly the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies, discovered by Queen's Roger Taylor.

Filmography
Intercept: A Century of Signals Intelligence poster
Intercept: A Century of Signals Intelligence
2023 • Self
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender poster
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012
Queen: Days of Our Lives poster
Queen: Days of Our Lives
2011 • Self
The Buddy Holly Story poster
The Buddy Holly Story
1978 • Wilson